Aug - Sept 2017 New Release Catalogue

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Children’s Gemma gets the Jitters 978-1925563139 Katrina Roe (New South Wales) Leigh Hedstrom (Queensland) Published: 1 August 2017 Wombat Books

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Gemma has a new camera! She is visiting the mountains and wants to get the perfect photo. But at the top of the lookout, Gemma gets the jitters. Will she let her fear of heights stop her from achieving her dream? Join Gemma, Marty and their friends as they help Gemma overcome her jitters.

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Marty’s Nut-Free Party

Emily Eases her Wheezes

978-1921633362 Katrina Roe (NSW) Leigh Hedstrom (QLD) Published: 1 September 2012 Wombat Books

978-1925139129 Katrina Roe (NSW) Leigh Hedstrom (QLD) Published: 31 December 2014 Wombat Books

Marty loved to party. At every party, Marty was the first to arrive and the last to leave. That was before Marty found out that peanuts make him sick. Really sick.

Short-listed: Speech Pathology Award Australia, 2013. CALEB Children’s awards, 2014.

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If Emily tries to play basketball, she ends up puffing. What can you do when asthma stops you from playing with your friends? Children’s Book Council Awards Notable Book 2015.

Recommended title: Family Therapists Australia.

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Fox & Moonbeam 978-1925563009 Aleesah Darlison (Queensland) Narelda Joy (NSW) Published: 1 September 2017 Wombat Books

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It is Victorian England and Gerard Fox winds clocks for the queen. His lowly status means he lives in a world forever surrounded by shadows. Mademoiselle Moonbeam Lapin is a famous ballerina. She lives in the golden glow of stage lights. When Moonbeam offers Fox her friendship, both of their worlds are transformed forever. Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated, Fox and Moonbeam is an enchanting tale of friendship, self-belief and finding the courage to step into the light.

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Unspoken Rules 978-1925563146 Lora Inak (Victoria) Published: 17 September 2017 Rhiza Press

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Seventeen-year-old Natalie has two lives. At home, her life is governed by the unspoken rules of her Christian Orthodox background. At school, she is the Syrian girl who never goes to parties. She pretends she doesn’t care, but deep down she just wants to be like everyone else.

Natalie wants to have the freedom to choose her own destiny ... to fall in love with the new boy without fear of repercussions. Unspoken Rules is a fresh and inspiring story about family, first love, walking a cultural tightrope and freedom.

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young Adult Being Jazmine 978-0994497574 Cecily Anne Paterson (New South Wales) Published: 1 September 2017 Firewheel Press

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When you don’t know where you belong, who are you really? Jazmine’s deaf. And she’s getting tired. Tired of having to try hard, tired of fitting in, tired of pretending to be like everyone else. When Jaz goes to deaf camp, a new world opens up to her. A world where things are easier, and she finally seems to have a place. But when you leave one world and enter another, what happens to the people you leave behind? And why is one of her new deaf friends suddenly pushed out of the group? Which world will Jaz live in? Can she keep a foot in both? How will she figure out the best way to be Jazmine?

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Invisible

Invincible

978-1942748274 Cecily Anne Paterson (NSW) Published: 1 February 2016 Firewheel Press

978-0994497512 Cecily Anne Paterson (NSW) Published: 26 November 2014 Firewheel Press

Jazmine doesn’t make decisions. She doesn’t make choices. She doesn’t make friends.

Jazmine wants only one thing: to be invisible.

For Jazmine, it’s a lot easier to drift along in life pretending nothing’s wrong, than it is to admit she’s heartbroken.

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Finally, everything is going right for 13 year-old Jazmine. But what happens when everyone around her changes? Will getting back in touch with her grandma help or just make things worse? And who’s going to finally give arrogant Angela what she deserves?

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young Adult Liana’s Dance 978-1925139907 Rosanne Hawke (South Australia) Published: 1 August 2017 Rhiza Press

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Sixteen-year-old Liana Bedford, a Pakistani-Australian, she could be the next target. Political tensions in Pakistan are rising and terrorist attacks are becoming an everyday norm. When her school friends are taken hostage by terrorists, Liana must overcome her fears -alongside her new teacher, Mr Kimberley- and journey through rural Pakistan in a bid to find them and bring them home. But Mr Kimberley has a secret. An unforgettable story about one Pakistani-Australian’s will to survive. Liana’s Dance is a stand alone novel from Rosanne Hawke, inspired by a character from Rosanne’s Beyond Borders series.

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Dear Pakistan

the War Within

978-1925139549 Rosanne Hawke (SA) Published: 1 June 2016 Rhiza Press

978-1925139877 Rosanne Hawke (SA) Published: 1 September 2016 Rhiza Press

Here in Australia, boys try to kiss her, men wear shorts and everyone says “cool” all the time. How will she ever know the right things to say or do or wear? After all, this is meant to be her own culture.

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Taken at gunpoint into Afghanistan, Jaime and her friends are caught up in a shadowy secret world of intrigue and terrorism. Will they escape the Mujahadeen fighting their holy war? Or will the wars within themselves consume them? For Jaime, this trip is to prove painful enough to change her life forever, yet rest the ghosts of her past.

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The Pale 978-1925652024 Clare Rhoden (Victoria) Published: 15 September 2017 Odyssey Books

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The Outside can be a dangerous place. But so can the inside. It’s been years since the original cataclysm, but life has been structured, peaceful, and most of all uneventful in the Pale. The humachine citizens welcome the order provided by their ruler, the baleful Regent. However, when one of their own rescues a human boy, Hector, from ravenous ferals on the Outside, their careful systems are turned upside down. As Hector grows more and more human-strange, the citizens of the Pale grow uneasy.

What will happen when the Outside tries to get in?

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Sell Your Property For More Money 978-0994526526 Naomi Findlay (New South Wales) Published: 3 August 2017 Making Magic Happen Academy

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Australia’s Rapid Renovation Expert Naomi Findlay is the CEO of Silk Home and the Principal and Founder of the International Institute of Home Staging, author of the best-selling book Ignite Your Property Mojo, and the founder of NaomiFindlay.com.

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